Sidney Lichter, the Linden and Grove intersection crossing guard who was hit by a pickup truck during last month’s snowstorm, had hip surgery yesterday. According to a spokesperson at University Hospital, Lichter is in “guarded” condition in its Surgical Intensive Care Unit and will probably be in the hospital for a while recovering. Meanwhile,...
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The Montclair chapter of the American Red Cross will be hosting a blood drive for Sidney Lichter, the long-time crossing guard at Linden and Grove who was hit by a pickup truck during last month’s snowstorm. The blood drive is this Thursday, March 11, from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. and if you are going,...
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We’ve been worried about Sid ever since we reported that a pickup truck slid into him last Thursday during the snowstorm, just after he finished leading his young charges from F.N. Brown across Linden and Grove. Sid Lichter has been a fixture at that corner for nearly a decade and we miss him. We...
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The crossing guard stationed near FN Brown Elementary School was hit yesterday around 1 pm as he concluded his shift crossing students and parents leaving school early due to the snow storm. According to Police Chief Doug Huber, the guard, whose name he could not specify due to medical privacy regulations, was crossing the...
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